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Tech Career Talk

Tom Henricksencodeiseasy.co
Welcome to Tech Career Talk podcast, where we help tech professionals develop their career. Cover art photo provided by Luca Bravo on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@lucabravo
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Episodes

I came, I saw, I Kanban!

In this episode, we discuss the basics of Kanban. We cover the Work in Process limits or WIP. The benefits of Kanban: Shorter cycle times More responsive Creates transparency Visualize flow Illuminates bottlenecks And Kanban tools too. Learn more here .

Mar 09, 20195 min

Why learn Java?

In this episode we discuss six reasons you should consider learning Java. Widely Used Transferable Simple Gateway Community Rich API Learn more here .

Mar 02, 20195 min

Common Engineering Issues

In this episode, we discuss common engineering issues. From the obsession with tools to focus on the time scarcity and the challenges. Engineers have to share opportunities and educate their co-workers. Find out more here: https://myitcareercoach.com/common-engineer-issues/

Feb 23, 20195 min

Episode 13: What is Scrum?

In this episode we discuss the core principles of Scrum Theory Transparency Inspection Adaption And the core of the Scrum Process, the Sprint. Check out more here

Feb 16, 20195 min

Episode 12: Tech Career Goals

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, let's look at how and why we should set our own tech career goals. We discuss how to look at areas to learn our technical skills, what ways we can share our skills and improve ourselves, and how each of us should create to expand our influence and skills.

Feb 09, 20196 min

Episode 11: What is Mob Programming?

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we explore Mob Programming. We answer three questions. What is it? Why we should try it? How do we do it? Link to Woody Zuill's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHOVVnRB4h0

Feb 02, 20195 min

Episode 10: The Perfect Tech Job

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we discuss how you can find your Perfect Tech Job. First, we start with some questions to get you thinking what would work best for you. Then we explore your network, recruiters, and your online profile. https://myitcareercoach.com/pursuing-it-online-class-two-the-perfect-tech-job/

Jan 26, 20195 min

Episode 9: Starting DevOps

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we discuss what to do when you start your DevOps journey. Find a key metric to measure, ensure focus, design a workflow, seek opportunities to automate, develop experiments, and build the right culture. https://myitcareercoach.com/how-to-start-a-devops-practice/

Jan 19, 20195 min

Episode 8: DevOps Defined

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we define DevOps. We answer these three questions. What is DevOps? What are the Benefits? and How DevOps Works?

Jan 12, 20196 min

Episode 7: Technical Debt

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we discuss Technical Debt. We explain what it is, why it is a problem, and how to fix it.

Jan 05, 20195 min

Episode 6: Building A Great Tech Team

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we talk about ways to build a great tech team. First, you want to make sure you have a good culture fit. It is important to hold out for the right person to add to your team or organization. To keep things going we need to Seed, Feed, and Weed. Seed, find new team members. Feed, develop those you have. Weed, coach out those who don't fit. https://myitcareercoach.com/building-a-great-tech-team/

Dec 29, 20187 min

Episode 5: 7 Hallmarks of Great Developers

In this episode, we review the 7 Hallmarks of Great Developers. 1. Humble 2. Clarity 3. Basics 4. Curious 5. Communicator 6. Feedback 7. Discipline Based on this post: https://myitcareercoach.com/7-hallmarks-of-great-developers/

Dec 22, 20187 min

Episode 4: The Lean Startup

In this episode, we discuss Eric Ries book The Lean Startup. There are many principles in this book that apply to technology professionals and that we should know. From MVP(Minimum Viable Product) to Validated Learning these are ideas we should have an understanding of. https://amzn.to/2PaStfu

Dec 15, 20186 min

Episode 3: Build your Technology Radar

In this episode, we discuss Neal Ford’s idea of building a Technology Radar. This idea will help you decide what technologies you want to hold on, assess, try out, and adopt. This is a link to Neal's blog: http://nealford.com/memeagora/2013/05/28/build_your_own_technology_radar.html

Dec 08, 20185 min

Episode 2: Did you get your 20 miles in today?

In this episode of Tech Career Talk, we discuss the insights Jim Collins shares in his book Great By Choice. He profiles two teams that set to reach the South Pole in 1911. The two teams had different approaches and yielded different results.

Dec 01, 20185 min

Episode 1: Technical Workers Development Plan

In this episode, we discuss how we can create a Technical Workers Development Plan. We start with an assessment of where we are, then establish goals that are technical and soft skill focused too. We look for our options for training and then take action. The final part is to build in a re-assessment periodically to make sure you are on track.

Nov 24, 201810 min
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